As noted
in the Orange
County records, Prosser's brothers were James, Jeremiah and Sherwood and
they were all living in Jackson County, Georgia in the early 1800s.
Sherwood is listed in the War of 1812 documents. On the 1809 Tax
Digest for Jackson County, Jeremiah, Prosser and Sherwood are listed very close
together (pages 35, 37, & 33, respectively). Sherwood is also listed
in the estate documents for Prosser. William Clements, the son-in-law of
Prosser Horton is listed on page 27. James Horton, however, is listed on
page 73 which is the same page as Culliver Clements (the brother of James
Clements, father of William).
Sherwood Horton
(Brother of Prosser)
From "Jackson County Georgia Superior Court Records 1796-1803", by Teresa Wilson Dunn and Vivian Phillips Walls, 1994, WH Wolfe Associates.
- Sherwood Horton was a member of the Petit Jury for September 24, 1800. P.101
- Sherwood Horton was a member of a Jury for March 1801. P.104
- Sharewood (Sherwood) Horton was a member of Jury for April 1802. P.133
- Sharwood (Sherwood) was a Petit Juror in April 1803. P. 176
- James Horton was a member of the Grand Jury for April 7, 1803. P. 186-187
- Sharewood (Sherwood) Horton was a member of the Petit Jury for April 7, 1803. P. 186-187
Jesse Horton
(Brother
of Prosser)
Jeremiah Horton
(Brother
of Prosser)
- In March
of 1832, a Stephen Horton obtained letters of administration for Jeremiah
Horton.[1] Jeptha Horton was one of the guarantors. This
would seem to indicate that Stephen and Jeptha were the sons of Jeremiah.
- On August
20, 1831, Gwinnett County, Stephen Horton obtained temporary letters of
administration on the estate of Nehemiah {Sic} Horton,
deceased.[2]
- In March 1832, Gwinnett County, Stephen Horton obtained letters of administration for Jeremiah Horton, deceased.[3]
James Horton
(Brother
of Prosser)
James Horton's Land Grant
(GA Archives)
OTHER HORTONS
Isaac Horton
Isaac
Horton does not appear to be closely related to Prosser. He is a Revolutionary War soldier and he
lived in the present day area of Sugar Hill.
He is noted in the Will of Meshack Green dated March 19, 1798. Also,
a John Horton is noted as another son-in-law of Meshack. P.21 (Pendleton
District and Anderson County, South Carolina, Wills, Estates and Legal
Records" by Virginia Alexander, Colleen Elliott and Betty Willie, 1980,
Southern Historical Press.)
Valentine Horton
The only
reference the author could find for Valentine is his name on the 1790 census
for Pendleton District, SC. He is listed on the same page as Charles
Clements but in a different district. He is possibly a son of Sherwood,
James or Jeremiah.
Whorton family spelling; Captain
Joseph Whorton the Commander of Fort Daniel
It is not
known what, if any, relationship the Whorton family had
with the Horton family. For example, Capt. Joseph
Whorton was the commander at Fort Daniel and there was an Abraham Whorton that
is listed in the War of 1812 Documents.
Note: There is a great deal of speculation regarding the various Horton/Whorton/Wharton/Houghton spellings of the name found in VA, NC, SC and GA. They may be related but likely any ancestral link would be well before they arrived in America. I suspect that the Hortons and Whortons found in VA, NC and SC are closely related but more research into the VA and NC families needs to be done to confirm this. This is where yDNA results will be extremely helpful.
Some Horton
Marriages of Jackson County
Joseph Whorton to
Sally Moore, Feb 10, 1808
John Blackstock
to Annie Horton, Aug 24, 1809
Thomas Price
m.Pheraby Horton, Nov 7, 1821
Fletcher Horton
to Jane Price, Aug 9, 1822
James Brinton to
Elizabeth Horton, Dec 15, 1822
John Horton to
Malla Camp, Oct 6, 1823
William Polk to
Mary Whorton, Feb 7, 1829
Prosser Horton,
Jr. to Eliza Caroline Kennedy, Apr 24, 1833
Hosea Horton to
Nancy Davis, Feb 23, 1837
James M. Appleby
to Elizabeth Horton, Sept 30, 1839[4]
Marion Trout to
Virginia Horton, Nov 5, 1845
George Wood to
Caroline Horton, Dec 17, 1845
James Horton to
Francis Daniel, Jan 15, 1850
[1] Alice Smythe McCabe, 1987, Gwinnett
County Historical Society loose papers.
[2] Alice Smythe McCabe, Gwinnett County
Georgia Inferior Court Minutes, 1819-1867,(Gwinnett Historical Society,1987),
p.26
[3] Ibid, p.27
[4] See Historical Associations page.
(This page was updated on 7/27/2021)